Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes
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Works on regional history concerning the Charente and Angoum…
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587
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Works on regional history concerning the Charente and Angoum…
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €180
Voluntary lot
Description
Works on regional history concerning the Charente and Angoumois regions, including:
1/ - Bonnard, Camille. - Panorama of the West: Historical Memories, Monuments, Scenes of Daily Life, and Ancient and Modern Costumes of the Saintonge, Aunis and Poitou regions. Niort, Robin et Cie, 1844. In-4, bound in red half-maroquin with a smooth spine, gilt lettering – [2 ff., frontispiece, title page], 132 pp. including the table of contents. Illustrated with 23 lithographic plates drawn by Bonnard and printed by Robin et Cie in Niort. One plate, ‘View of Niort’, is missing. Copy in fine condition.
2/ - Michon, J.-H. - Statistique monumentale de la Charente. Paris, Derache, 1844. Quarto, loose-leaf – 334 pp., [2 pp. tables]. Complete set of 35 hand-coloured plates, some unfolded (counting as 40). Includes 2 delivery covers (damaged), the subscription form and a sample text from the forthcoming work. Scattered foxing.
3/ - Dubourg-Noves, Pierre. - Iconography of Angoulême Cathedral from 1575 to 1880. Charente Archaeological and Historical Society, 1973. 2 folio volumes, paperback with soft covers - Volume I, text, in French: XIV, 79 pp. – in English: XIII, 79 pp.; Volume II, 82 plates totalling 90 (some containing multiple figures), some of which are in colour.
4/ - Sepulchre, Bruno. - Castles, Towns and Villages of the Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou in the 17th Century by Claude Chastillon, Engineer to the King (1560–1616). The Author, 1992. Folio, paperback – 230 pp., including 46 plates (23 fold-outs).
5/ - Sansat, François – Boutant, Marie-Louise. - Stories and Legends of Charente and Poitou... Poitiers, D. Brissaud, 1980. Large quarto, paperback, folded illustrated cover – 121 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Jean Fossati, including 20 full-page plates.
Also included:
- Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de l’Ouest. Vol. 2 – 1836. Atlas only. Poitiers, Saurin frères, 1837. Large quarto, paperback, 12 lithographed plates (including 1 in colour). Water stains throughout.
- 7 modern works on the Charente and 3 works on the Angoumois
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
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Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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